I wonder if Tigole will force a warrior class that nothing else is allowed to tank as well as again.
I wonder if Tigole will force a warrior class that nothing else is allowed to tank as well as again.
Rumor: Titan dev team slashed, project overhauledhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/05/29/tita...hauled-rumour/Blizzard has allegedly reduced its 100-strong Titan development team to just 30 as part of an effort to overhaul the long-awaited MMO.
VentureBeat cites anonymous sources for the rumour, which has the project requiring a major reset.
The site claims 70 members of the Titan team have been reassigned to other projects, with a core group of 30 moving forward with a shift in direction.
The upshot is the MMO won’t release until 2016, despite earlier leaks suggesting a 2014 launch.
Although Blizzard has admitted that it’s working on a secret project, it has never provided any details beyond mentioning that its best staff are on the job; the appellation Titan is a codename.
The prospect of a major reset and delay is very in line with Blizzard’s usual MO; the developer refuses to be rushed, releasing products on its own time.
http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/bl...ect-exclusive/
So both bad news and good news. Good news is that the 60-70 devs are going to be going onto other games, which is great for those games as people have been complaining of lack of content due to so many working on Titan.Titan project "reset", delayed until 2016
Venturebeat broke the news earlier today that Titan has been "reset" and will be delayed until at least 2016. The decision was announced to employees a couple of days ago and sources close to the project gave us more details on the subject:
Blizzard felt that Titan wasn't going in the right direction and decided to make significant technological and design changes to the game. This happened in the past with Starcraft and Warcraft 3.
A smaller dev team will be in charge of redesigning the project and about 60 or 70 developers are being moved to other teams (WoW, Blizzard All-Stars, Diablo 3 expansion, Battle.net)
Blizzard didn't officially comment on the subject yet, hopefully this is a step in the right direction and Titan won't have the same fate as Starcraft: Ghost.
Sounds like a great financial decision for Blizzard. Leave Jay Wilson to work on an imaginary title forever (along with all the other interns that you let take over WoW).
Meanwhile you can polish the turd that is WoW and bring back those 1.2 million subs. Revive Diablo 3 from the cancer it's been losing since day one. Maybe even make SC2 HOTS actually worth the price tag they've slapped on it. So many regrets in one expansion.
Hopefully things change and this isn't just another false hope.
Must be one helluva turd to have 8mil+ subscribers.
Something, something, Majority of subs are asian people,etc.
Also, I wish I could see what they did before they decided to scrap it.
Hey nice, Blizzard has the balls to reset their very own FFXIV 1.0. That won't save them in 2016 though.
Blizzard statementWe've always had a highly iterative development process, and the unannounced MMO is no exception. We've come to a point where we need to make some large design and technology changes to the game. We're using this opportunity to shift some of our resources to assist with other projects while the core team adapts our technology and tools to accommodate these new changes. Note that we haven't announced any dates for the MMO.